Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:11:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Cassandra Perkins <cassy@loop.com> To: Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com> Cc: zoonie@myhouse.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape Drives for backups? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970821180235.13201B-100000@patty.loop.net> In-Reply-To: <199708152318.TAA27384@absinthe.i3inc.com>
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Thanks for all the replies. Purchasing a Travan-4 drives seems to be the direction I'm going. The tapes are costly, but if they are as reliable as the 8mm tapes, it's worth it. The cost of the TR-4 drives are reasonable compared to a Exabyte 8mm tape drive, handling the same capacity. The tapes I believe are close in price. Thanks again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cassandra M. Perkins | People usually get what's coming to | | Network Operations | them... unless it's been mailed. | | The Loop Internet Switch Co., LLC | -fortune | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Chris Shenton wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:17:38 -0400 (EDT) > zoonie <zoonie@myhouse.com> wrote: > > zoonie> from what i remember reading about the travan drives they were > zoonie> slow but i have never used one on freebsd. i currently use > zoonie> some refirbished exabyte 8200 8mm tape drives. they work > zoonie> great... > > Hi Carlos! > > I have a HP Colorado TR-4 drive. Cost about $350 mailorder. Tapes are > about $30-$35 each. They hold 4GB to 8GB. Transfer rate is said to be > about 30MB-60MB/minute. > > I like the fact that they're linear, modified QIC designs rather than > the delicate helical scan. > > But I haven't used mine enough in a production environment to put it > to the real torture test -- so far it's been fine though for my little > home net. > > They work fine under FreeBSD. I'm backing up a 2GB Sun over the net to > one attached to a 486dx100 FreeBSD-2.2 box. >
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